Thursday, 5 May 2011

Eco Craft : Gift bag made out of Newspaper

I'm off to India for a week to attend a family wedding and I am carrying a few gifts for some cousins - and decided to create gift bags!!

Even if you use newspaper, it's really important to choose nice sheets that already have a bit of design or abstract motifs so that all you really have to do is just add to them.

I stapled the sides of the newspapers after folding them up [no time and patience to glue it together]. I drew random designs and painted them in, the results were gorgeous!

This one in particular looked stunning, I felt!

The bag is now filled and ready to be packed into our suitcase :):)

Stacked and set!

I have always liked the idea of personalizing accessories and this is my first attempt at a newspaper gift bag. I loveddddddddd the idea so much that I'm surely going to make a lot of these and keep them in store for future utility!

Oooh thanks all for the comments !! I just loved the way it turned out - because sometimes new craft ideas can totally crash!! Glad all of you liked it, Patty - I'm sure the girls are going to enjoy it. I'm planning to make a lot more and pass it around for friends too! :)

I am impressed...my mom still makes paper pouches and takes them to the local grocer..and also sends in steel canisters to the store..i wish i could do that here in the US to avoid plastic packaging..:)